Spongia

Super dry cough

The cough of Spongia is a dry hacking cough. It is often described as “barking like a seal” or like “a saw passing through wood”. The sound of the cough may also be rasping, ringing, wheezing or whistling. It is often useful during croup. Rapid short breathing

The face and body feels hot, flushed and frightened

The mucus membranes are dry. The throat is dry creating hoarseness. It may feel like the larynx is being constricted and the glands may be swollen.

The modalities will direct you to prescribe this remedy.

Made worse by

Cold, dry air / weather, cold wind
Cold drinks
Midnight – before or after, awakens feeling suffocated
although coughs day and night

Made better by

Warm drinks / food
Sucking hard candy or cough drops
Sitting, leaning head forward

What is peculiar?
Can lie almost flat during a coughing fit (it is common to want to sit up)
Concomitant
Exhausted
Hoarse voice